| detection of arcobacter spp. in the coastal environment of the mediterranean sea. | the occurrence of arcobacter spp. was studied in seawater and plankton samples collected from the straits of messina, italy, during an annual period of observation by using cultural and molecular techniques. a pcr assay with three pairs of primers targeting the 16s and 23s rrna genes was used for detection and identification of arcobacter butzleri, arcobacter cryaerophilus, and arcobacter skirrowii in cultures and environmental samples. only one of the arcobacter species, a. butzleri, was isolat ... | 2004 | 15006743 |